Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wager (2)

Wa″ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wagered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wagering.] To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to...

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Wager (3)

Wa″ger, v. i. To make a bet; to lay a wager.'T was merry whenYou wagered on your angling. Shak.

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Wager (4)

Wa″ger (?), n. — Wagering, or gambling, contract. A contract which is of the nature of wager. Contracts of this nature include various common forms of valid commercial contracts...

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Wagerer

Wa″ger‐er (?), n. One who wagers, or lays a bet.

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Wagering

Wa″ger‐ing, a. Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.Wagering policy. (Com.) See Wager policy, under Policy.

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Wages

Wa″ges (?), n. plural in termination, but singular in signification. [Plural of wage; cf. F. gages, pl., wages, hire. See Wage, n.] A compensation given to a hired person for se...

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Wages (2)

Wa″ges (?), n. pl.(Theoretical Economics) The share of the annual product or national dividend which goes as a reward to labor, as distinct from the remuneration received by cap...

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Waggel

Wag″gel (wăg″gĕl), n.(Zoöl.) The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species.

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Waggery

Wag″ger‐y (–gẽr‐y̆), n.; pl.Waggeries (#). [From Wag.] The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; joculari...

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Waggie

Wag″gie (–gĭ), n. The pied wagtail.

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Waggish

Wag″gish (–gĭsh), a. 1. Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome. “A company of waggish boys.” L'Estrange.2. Done, made, or laid in wagge...

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Waggle

Wag″gle (?), v. i. [Freq. of wag; cf. D. waggelen, G. wackeln.] To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.Why do you go nodding and wagg...

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Waggle (2)

Wag″gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Waggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Waggling (?).] To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail.

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Waggle (3)

Wag″gle (?), n. A waggling or wagging; specif. (Golf), the preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.

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Wagnerian

Wag‐ne″ri‐an (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the style of, Richard Wagner, the German musical composer.

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Wagnerite

Wag″ner‐ite (?), n.(Min.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms.

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Wagon

Wag″on (?), n. [D. wagen. √136. See Wain.]1. A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise....

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Wagon (2)

Wag″on (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wagoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wagoning.] To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.

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Wagon (3)

Wag″on, v. i. To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.

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Wagon-headed

Wag″on–head′ed (?), a. Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus �; as, a wagonheaded ceiling.

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Wagon-roofed

Wag″on–roofed′ (?), a. Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.

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Wagonage

Wag″on‐age (?), n. 1. Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.2. A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.Wagonage, provender, and a piece or two of cannon. Carlyle.

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Wagoner

Wag″on‐er (?), n. 1. One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon.2. (Astron.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa.

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Wagonette

Wag′on‐ette″ (?), n. A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver.

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Wagonful

Wag″on‐ful (?), n.; pl.Wagonfuls (�). As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload.

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Wagonload

Wag″on‐load′ (?), n. Same as Wagonful.

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Wagonry

Wag″on‐ry (?), n. Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons. Milton.